Detachable draw-bar and yoke connection.



W. A. GElGER.

DETACHABLE DRAW BAR AND YOKE CONNECTION.

APPLlCATlON HLED FEB. 5, 19H.

Patented Dec. 3, 1918.

WITNESSES:

I N V EN TOR. William 4 Wez'ger an JWI IiLmhI A. G-EIGER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR T WILLIAM H. MINER, 0F

CHAZY, NEW.Y0]R,K

DIETACHABLE DRAW-BAR AN YOKE CONNECTION.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented nor a, rare.

Application filed February 5, 191?. Serial No. 146,587.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. Games, a citizen of the United States, residingat Chicago, in the county of'Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Detachable Draw- Bar and Yoke Connections, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description, reference being had to the aw companying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in detachable draw bar and yoke connections. The object of the invention is to provide a simple and relatively inexpensive detachable connection for draw bars of standard did Insaid drawing 10 denotes a draw bar,

having a butt of usual construction, the latter having upper shoulder 11, lower shoulder 1-2, and vertically extending, standardly spaced rivet receiving holes 13-13. The yoke strap, designated generally by the reference A, comprises upper and lower arms 14-44:, rear connecting portion 15 and filler 16. At their front ends, each of the yoke arms 14 is provided with a "I-head having an outwardly extending flange 17 and an.in-,

wardly extending flange 18, the inward flanges engaging the draw bar shoulders 11 and 12. Each of said yoke arms is also provided with standardly spaced rivet receiving holes 19-49, which, when the draw bar and yoke are assembled. aline with the holes of the draw bar butt. To retain the draw bar and yoke in assembled relation, I have provided a pair of vertically extending pins 20-20, which pass through the alined holes of the draw bar and yoke strap and have their ends flush with the outer surfaces of the yoke arms. To retain said pins in position, a rectangular band 21 is employed. which fits snugly around the yoke and draw bar and engages at its forward edges the 'I-heads on the yoke strap. The rear edge of the band is designed to come flush with the rear face of the draw bar butt and is held in position by the usual front follower 22 of the draft gear.

With the construction above described, it is apparent that relative movement between the draw bar and yoke strap isresisted both by the" pins 20 which are placed under'shear and the inturned flanges 18 of the T-heads. The out-turned flanges of the 'I heads efi'ectively limit the forward movement of the band relatively to the yoke and thus hold all the parts in proper position.

I claim: v

The combination with a draw bar and yoke having alined holes, of pins penetrating said holes, and a band surrounding the yoke and draw her butt for retaining said pins in position, the ends of the yoke arms being provided with shoulders to engage the forward side of the band to limit the forward movement thereof relatively to the yoke.

In witness that I claim the foregoing l have hereunto subscribed my name this 31st day of Jan, 1917.

WILLIAM A. GEIGER.

Witness J OSEPI-I HARRIB. 

